wild rye

noun

wild rye

any of various perennial grasses of the N temperate genus Elymus, resembling cultivated rye in having paired bristly ears or spikes and flat leaves

First recorded in 1745–55

Buffalo-clover, sunflowers and wild rye, buffalo-peas and buffalo-beans blossomed everywhere.

I can see in memory that there was a great deal of wild rye grass on the surrounding plains.

For the winter they lay up a provision of acorns and wild rye: the latter grows here very abundantly.

There are also Several Species of the wild Rye to be met with in the praries.

With the wild-rye are mixed bunch-grass, blue-joint, and quantities of the wild-pea vine.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

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